Excavation hopes to reveal more about Roman Maryport

"This year’s excavation is scheduled to run for 10 weeks on the Roman site. Last year, the country’s finest set of Roman military altars – dedicated by commanders from across the Roman empire, excavated at Maryport in 1870 and displayed in the Senhouse Roman Museum – were discovered to have been buried in gigantic pits which underpinned a massive timber edifice, occupying the highest point of the ridge overlooking the Solway and Maryport’s Roman fort."

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Archaeologists Say Greek Antiquities Threatened by Austerity

"A jarring public-awareness ad that has appeared recently on Greek television news shows a little girl strolling with her mother through the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, one of the country’s cultural crown jewels. The girl skips off by herself, and as she stands alone before a 2,500-year-old marble statue, a hand suddenly sweeps in from behind, covering her mouth and yanking her away."

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